Three days later, Marquis Southgate returned to the Stantin Duchy with Xu Yi and the others.
On his first visit, Marquis Southgate had merely come to take a leisurely look around. This time, however, he had a very clear objective.
After once again conducting a detailed inspection of the automatic water supply system, which the Xinfei Merchant Guild had now installed throughout almost the entire Stantin Duchy, he signed his first agreement with the guild without hesitation.
The agreement covered the introduction of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's automatic water supply system into the Malo Empire.
Of course, since this was only their first, exploratory collaboration, the agreement was not particularly large in scope. Marquis Southgate only wanted to introduce the automatic water supply system to the small town on his private fief, covering a total area of less than five square kilometers.
According to their estimates, the Xinfei Merchant Guild would supply Marquis Southgate with five sets of mana water pumps, along with the necessary automatic water supply pipes, air valves, and other facilities. After negotiations, the two sides settled on a total price of forty-eight thousand gold coins.
Had the same agreement been signed with the Lampari Kingdom or the Rulson Kingdom, the total price would actually have been two or three thousand gold coins lower. The Malo Empire was much farther from the Xinfei Merchant Guild, so transporting and installing the mana water pump units and their supporting facilities would cost far more than it would within the Lampari Kingdom or the Rulson Kingdom.
Thus, despite the higher price, the Xinfei Merchant Guild would actually earn slightly less profit from the deal.
However, this was the first collaboration between the Xinfei Merchant Guild and Marquis Southgate, and could also be considered the guild's first collaboration with the Malo